UFO Sightings in Illinois
4,055 UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1946, peaking in 2012 (270 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,055
- Span
- 1946–2025
- Peak year
- 2012 (270 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2025 · peak 2012 (270 reports)
Top cities in Illinois
Chicago
1952–2021 · peak 2012 (29 reports)
Tinley Park
1971–2021 · peak 2004 (92 reports)
Rockford
1964–2022 · peak 2001 (42 reports)
Springfield
1979–2021 · peak 2020 (8 reports)
Oak Lawn
1946–2020 · peak 2010 (10 reports)
Orland Park
1995–2019 · peak 2005 (15 reports)
Peoria
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Naperville
1997–2022 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Northbrook
1999–2022 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Bloomington
1972–2020 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Oak Forest
2003–2016 · peak 2005 (18 reports)
Aurora
1995–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Plainfield
1999–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Joliet
1979–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Palatine
1961–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Crystal Lake
1968–2021 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Norris City
2018–2022 · peak 2018 (13 reports)
Elgin
1982–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Frankfort
1996–2017 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Lombard
1997–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Hoffman Estates · IL, USA
Teardrop/tic-tac spotted with a greenish white tail as it vanished into thin air.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
I witnessed a bright light zoom quickly from the west that stopped perfectly stationary over Crystal Lake IL during the fireworks show
Decatur · IL, USA
Orange sphere shaped with halo of light around it
Alton · IL, USA
I was looking at the moon we had that night and as I looked down to the pictures I took I seen something I didn't see in the sky nor in
Calumet Park · IL, USA
Rapid object with red lights hovered at high altitude over Chicago.
Wheeling · IL, USA
Unable to notice any shape. White light with hovering then fast jolty movement. There was only 1 light. Starless night with a full moon
Tiskilwa · IL, USA
Noticed 8 black objects very high. Broke away and did some unbelievable maneuvers. When video is slowed down to see orbs and tic tac
Chicago · IL, USA
Single file formation of shiny upright ovals.
Wonder Lake · IL, USA
Object was moving very fast until it disappeared. Over 60k feet
Chicago · IL, USA
My wife and I were sitting on the grass in the park overlooking the water of Lake Michigan at Montrose Harbor facing East. The sky was
Crest Hill · IL, USA
bright object moving southeast to northwest
Metropolis · IL, USA
The lights were not flashing and moving at the same speed.
Decatur · IL, USA
Saw disc with lights rotating like:::::: "·· ·· ·· ··" then in "··· ··· ··· ···" back down to 2, then 1, and gone.
Morris · IL, USA
We have an app to see the ISS and we just started looking up at the sky watching the ISS, and one person noticed a line of lights trave
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
My husband and I were sitting outside when I noticed lights, that looked like stars, moving in a straight line formation spaced out eve
Chicago · IL, USA
~50 tiny equally spaced lights moving in a single-file line formation
Chicago · IL, USA
Objects in a straight line formation. About 15 lights (not planes as they came too close to each other)
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO located over South side of Chicago
Chicago · IL, USA
i was flying my drone at 1000 feet....i looked up at my drone and these 2 black squares flew right across the sky and over my drone, i
St Charles · IL, USA
Straight string of lights about 35 of them traveling from NW to the SE the center light was the brightest. ((Starlink satellites?))
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
I saw a strange multi-colored daylight orb while I was driving. It looked like a silver orb and it was tumbling but then lights flicker
Des Plaines · IL, USA
I noticed an orange light in the sky, so I stepped outside to get a better look and to see if I would hear helicopter or an airplane en
Quincy · IL, USA
Bright white round light moving slowly from west to east sky then disappeared.
Palatine · IL, USA
Three lit objects below the cloud line.